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Excerpt from Brothers for Ever, Vol. 12: The Age of Union, 1854-1868
And, as they stood ready to spill the last drop of blood for the right through those four bitter years, so is it for us, their descendants, recalling the treasure they so freely spent, to consecrate ourselves anew to the highest patriot ism, that the F lag which we all now revere may still remain to all the world the noblest and most beautiful symbol of human welfare, and that all beneath it may be made, in very truth.
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